JD Hovland
@jdhovland.com
I like road tripping with my dog, more so via motorcycle than an enclosed vehicle. She's been to 32 states so far, the goal is to take her to all 49 continental states. I judge you if you don’t use alt-text. he/his
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JD Hovland
@jdhovland.com
· Dec 13
Minnesota’s Lonely Links - Racket
What can the comings and goings of national restaurant chains teach us about the way we eat?
racketmn.com
When active on the other site before it was bought I kept track of the multi-state or multinational food & beverage establishments with only one Minnesota location as the "MN Lonely Links." All based on a story with the same name wrote for @racketmn.bsky.social. racketmn.com/minnesota-re... (more)
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A very weird list of the best Twin Cities movie theaters (AMC?!?) was just featured on a local podcast, so I figured I’d give you the ACTUAL definitive list. From me. Because I’m right.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A very weird list of the best Twin Cities movie theaters (AMC?!?) was just featured on a local podcast, so I figured I’d give you the ACTUAL definitive list. From me. Because I’m right.
I've been doing the crosswords and quartiles when I wake up instead of saving them for the workday and I think I need to save them for a break in the day.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've been doing the crosswords and quartiles when I wake up instead of saving them for the workday and I think I need to save them for a break in the day.
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What the actual fuck, Apple
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What the actual fuck, Apple
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I don’t really believe this but per @jdhovland.com there is only one TGI Fridays in Minnesota
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I don’t really believe this but per @jdhovland.com there is only one TGI Fridays in Minnesota
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Donate to your local food bank instead.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Donate to your local food bank instead.
“Strap-in we’re going for a ride” is an alternative vowel away from something entirely different.
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Strap-in we’re going for a ride” is an alternative vowel away from something entirely different.
This would have been my cereal as a kid if it existed.
Caramel Puffs (1959-circa 1961): A caramel-flavored corn puff cereal, which tasted like caramel corn. After the success of Cocoa Puffs, General Mills did extensive market research for a follow-up, and identified "caramel" as THE hot flavor. Despite heavy advertising, it quickly flamed out
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This would have been my cereal as a kid if it existed.
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People coming to bluesky because twitter is broke
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
People coming to bluesky because twitter is broke
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
I haven't been able to properly type for a few weeks after breaking my wrist, but my new cast makes it closer to normal. I'm at about 60% speed, with 90% accuracy I think.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I haven't been able to properly type for a few weeks after breaking my wrist, but my new cast makes it closer to normal. I'm at about 60% speed, with 90% accuracy I think.
Literacy is a curse today.
It needs to be emphasized that this paragraph is about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Literacy is a curse today.
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I noticed this is getting engagement so folks must be talking about Olivia Nuzzi again
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I noticed this is getting engagement so folks must be talking about Olivia Nuzzi again
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Minneapolis, your long read of the day.
I haven’t been inside Seven Points (formerly Calhoun Square) for over a decade. Yuck.
“The group was more Blackwater than Paul Blart—and decidedly overqualified to guard a struggling shopping center.”
I haven’t been inside Seven Points (formerly Calhoun Square) for over a decade. Yuck.
“The group was more Blackwater than Paul Blart—and decidedly overqualified to guard a struggling shopping center.”
Veterans who have fought in foreign wars are coming home to work as private security personnel.
What happens when they bring war tactics to guard the local mall?
What happens when they bring war tactics to guard the local mall?
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Minneapolis, your long read of the day.
I haven’t been inside Seven Points (formerly Calhoun Square) for over a decade. Yuck.
“The group was more Blackwater than Paul Blart—and decidedly overqualified to guard a struggling shopping center.”
I haven’t been inside Seven Points (formerly Calhoun Square) for over a decade. Yuck.
“The group was more Blackwater than Paul Blart—and decidedly overqualified to guard a struggling shopping center.”
Has anyone called the John Ireland bridge project “separation of church and state” in print yet? If not they’re missing a great opportunity.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Has anyone called the John Ireland bridge project “separation of church and state” in print yet? If not they’re missing a great opportunity.
Can't wait to see the breweries use unionizing language to fight the hemp ban just to turn around and fight the unionizing efforts of their employees. Everyone loves sequels!
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Can't wait to see the breweries use unionizing language to fight the hemp ban just to turn around and fight the unionizing efforts of their employees. Everyone loves sequels!
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TW: Virginia Giuffre, accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, dies by suicide:
abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-... utterly devastating; sending hugs & love & solidarity to all her loved ones, her friends & all those she inspired.
abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-... utterly devastating; sending hugs & love & solidarity to all her loved ones, her friends & all those she inspired.
Virginia Giuffre, accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, dies by suicide: Family
Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide, family says.
abcnews.go.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
TW: Virginia Giuffre, accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, dies by suicide:
abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-... utterly devastating; sending hugs & love & solidarity to all her loved ones, her friends & all those she inspired.
abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-... utterly devastating; sending hugs & love & solidarity to all her loved ones, her friends & all those she inspired.
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
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if you're also pissed at the DFL, join us in trying to fix it! sign up below to prepare for caucuses in february as we try to create a Better DFL!
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.
Join me: abetterdfl.org.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
if you're also pissed at the DFL, join us in trying to fix it! sign up below to prepare for caucuses in february as we try to create a Better DFL!
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Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today, Oklahoma is set to execute Tremane Wood even though a state panel recommended his life is spared
Thoughts now 5 times as expensive. www.huffpost.com/entry/death-...
U.S. Mint In Philadelphia Presses Final Pennies As The 1-Cent Coin Gets Canceled
The Treasury Department expects to save $56 million per year on materials by ceasing to make them.
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thoughts now 5 times as expensive. www.huffpost.com/entry/death-...
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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Did this guy ever get through an entire email without dropping some "by the way, I am a pedophile" reference
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Did this guy ever get through an entire email without dropping some "by the way, I am a pedophile" reference
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I’ll make an agreement with republicans right now. I agree every single democrat attached to Epstein should go to prison if you agree every single Republican, no matter how lofty, should go to prison if they were attached to Epstein.
I wish journalists could act like they weren’t born yesterday. An uncurated document dump out of an investigation shortly after focused evidence is released is an expression of panic, a desperate wish to distract, and perhaps a hope that someone will find something they haven’t yet.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’ll make an agreement with republicans right now. I agree every single democrat attached to Epstein should go to prison if you agree every single Republican, no matter how lofty, should go to prison if they were attached to Epstein.